https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=152920
Bug ID: 152920
Summary: LO Writer: User Input fields in header or footer not
visible in freshly opened documents
Product: LibreOffice
Version: 7.3.0.0.alpha1+
Hardware: All
OS: All
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Severity: normal
Priority: medium
Component: Writer
Assignee: [email protected]
Reporter: [email protected]
Description:
Relates to bug 152919
(https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=152919)
After inserting User Input fields into header or footer the content of these
fields isn“t visible when a document is freshly opened. F9 needs to be pressed
to make them visible again.
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Go to "Insert - Field - More Fields" or simply press CTRL+F2.
2. Select the Tab "Variables".
3. Select "User Field" on the left (box with the heading "Type").
4. Fill out "Name" and "Value" afterwards. Then click on the green checkmark
behind to save the new User field.
5. Select "Input field" under "Type".
6. Now you can insert the selected User field as an Input field into the
document. You can do this as many times as you want.
7. Choose Insert - Header and Footer - Header
8. Insert the same User field as an Input field as described above.
9. Save an close the document.
10. Open the document.
Actual Results:
The User Input field in the header does not appear after the document was
freshly opened.
F9 needs to be pressed to make it appear again.
Expected Results:
All User Input fields are visible (and automatically update when they are
edited as described in bug 152919) like in all Versions of LO until 7.2.
Reproducible: Always
User Profile Reset: Yes
Additional Info:
Affects to all versions of LO Writer since 7.3.
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